The study was conducted to determine whether the differing levels of figural creativity of 98 fifth-grade children were related to selected personality factors and orientations of children according to peer nominations. (SBH)

This illustrated collection of poetic excerpts from the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare is designed to be read and appreciated by young people. The 39 excerpts in the collection follow the "7 ages of man" pattern from childhood to old age. The collection's introduction by the famous Shakespearean scholar, A.L. Rowse, recounts…

The present rush to liberalize the economy in most countries, is for some people a matter of principles and, for others, the hard cost of getting rid by "elimination" of the vices derived from statism and protectionism. In many countries, that kind of economic structure had crystallized their productive systems as a consequence of…

This paper presents a collection of thoughts and observations about a grand theory of creativity in the arts. The theory elaborated in the paper is based upon the following five major bodies of psychological knowledge and research: (1) hemisphere differences and cerebral lateralization; (2) chemical balance in the brain and bipolar factors; (3)…

This book is intended as a guide for parents, teachers, and others interested in developing creative art talent in young people. The book is based on the following assumptions: (1) being able to recognize and knowing how to identify creative individuals with special talent in art, guidance can be given to maximize the achievement of their…

Author suggested that creativity of expression must be encouraged for students while teachers continue to strive for excellence in all areas of instruction in order to produce comprehensive musicians''. (Author/RK)

Attempts to define group-produced growth in self-actualization and personality. (Author)

Article evaluated the creative abilities of men and women with specific accent of sex as a matter of decisive influence on creative output. (RK)

Article considered whether pupils' creative thinking and problem solving abilities can be improved through direct educational efforts. (Author/RK)

Described an MBA program at Babson College, where students participated in a course designed to increase their creative problem-solving abilities, while providing them with realistic experience in several executive operations. (Author/RK)

By using analogies, artists and engineers have made many imaginative creations; moreover, when ninth-grade vocational students received training in synectics (an analogy-based technique) there was a highly significant increase in their originality and elaboration (Torrance creative-thinking tests), and their approach to shop projects and careers…

Considered the curriculum with which art education engaged children throughout the history of art. (RK)

Article focused on the issue of participating in matters of immediate and widespread concern, on involving ourselves with the problems of others. (Author/RK)

Article stressed the need for a music teacher in an open school to have an openness to people and ideas. It also described the educational objectives at the Olive School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. (Author/RK)

Article pointed out the need for arts programs in atypical situations, some of the profound basic needs of exceptional people and how the arts can be a major means of meeting these needs. (Author/RK)